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Science board boosts cyber services
The National Science Board formally approved the Federal Cyber Services program, to provide scholarships to information security students in return for federal service
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Pa. rolls out compensation system
Pennsylvania is rolling out an unemployment compensation system that will standardize how applications for benefits are determined by state law
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A fast Internet connection for all
GSA hopes its proposed contract will bring fast Internet connections to farflung offices
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States find cards a smart solution for health care
The Western Governors' Association has gotten 'smart.'
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Smart roads and smarter vehicles
It's not uncommon today to see a driver speeding down a highway, one hand on the steering wheel and the other holding a cellular phone to his ear.
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Devising new lures
As the shortage of information technology workers continues to grow, governments are straying further and further from traditional employment policies.
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Taking on telecom security
A presidential advisory committee on telecommunications security has established a task force to ensure that the next administration is up to speed on issues that concern the security of critical U.S. networks.
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The circuit
Seems the newly designed $5 and $10 bills with oversize heads of Abraham Lincoln and Alexander Hamilton are having trouble being accepted in more ways than one. Without special software, many vending machines won't process the bills, which were introduced May 24 to thwart hightech counterfeiters. Of the estimated 6 million food and beverage vending machines that accept $5 and $10 bills, only 1 million have been modified.
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Chicago targets minority-owned businesses with Web site
Merging the aims of public policy with the mechanisms of information technology, Chicago's Department of Purchases, Contracts and Supplies has embraced the Internet for the city's Minority- and Woman-owned Business Procurement Program.
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Making health care 'smarter'
The Western Governors' Association's Health Passport is designed
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Making runways safer
The Federal Aviation Administration has scaled back a software program it is developing to warn air traffic controllers about potential collisions on airport runways so that the agency can deploy the system to airports faster.
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En route to safer skies
A proposed rule at the Federal Aviation Administration could give the agency a better picture of safety trends by providing access to airlines' digital flight data.
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Tightening the belt
A closer look at Kansas' Department of Administration's security policy
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Cyberschool
There were no chalk-covered blackboards, no raised hands, no carefully aligned rows of desks and no longing glances out the window during Catherine Roberts' recent creative writing class
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States seeking bridges so PKI can span systems
State and local governments are only beginning public-key infrastructure plans, but they already have a looming problem.
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Why 64-bit computing is faster
Computers that use Intel Corp.'s new Itanium microprocessor will be much faster than current PC servers for several reasons, though one of them is not the common misconception that 64-bit chips are twice as fast as 32-bit chips.
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Testing IT's effect on drivers
The Transportation Department and private industry have invested heavily in the development of new information systems for drivers to use in their cars or trucks. Now one branch of the agency has begun to study how those technologies can distract drivers.
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Rules of the sky
The Federal Aviation Administration wants to take advantage of airline digital flight recorder data to improve the safety of its airspace system.
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A thing we can agree on
I recently attended a fascinating meeting about the contracting issues that will face the new administration.
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